Beijing Expert

Dynasty	Sub-dynasty	Year
Xia 夏		22nd century – 17th century BC
Shang 商		17th century – 11th century BC
Zhou 周	Western Zhou西周	11th century – 771 BC
	Eastern Zhou 东周	770 – 256 BC
	Spring-Autumn Period 春秋	772 – 481 BC
	Warring States Period战国	475 – 221 BC
Qin 秦		221 – 206 BC
Han 汉	Western Han 西汉	206 BC – AD 25
Han 汉	Eastern Han 东汉	25 – 220
Three Kingdoms 三国	Wei 魏	220 – 265
	Shu 蜀	221 – 263
	Wu 吴	222 – 280
Western Jin 西晋		265 – 420
Eastern Jin 东晋		317 – 420
Southern Dynasties 南朝	Song 宋	420 – 479
	Qi 齐	479 – 502
	Liang 梁	502 – 557
	Chen 陈	557 –589
Northern Dynasties 北朝	Northern Wei 北魏	386 – 534
	Eastern Wei 东魏	534 – 550
	Northern Qi 北齐	550 – 577
	Western Qi 西齐	535 – 556
	Northern Zhou 北周	557 – 581
Sui 隋		581 – 618
Tang 唐		618 – 907
Five Dynasties 五代	Later Liang 后梁	907 – 923
	Later Tang 后唐	923 – 936
	Later Jin 后晋	936 – 947
	Later Han 后汉	947 – 950
	Later Zhou 后周	951 – 960
Song 宋	Northern Song 北宋	960 – 1127
Song 宋	Southern Song 南宋	1127 – 1279
Yuan 元		1206 – 1368
Ming 明		1368 – 1644
Qing 清		1616 – 1911
Republic of China 中华民国		1912 – 1949
People’s Republic of China中华人民共和国		1949 –

General Chronology